PEOPLE OF THE MASKS In "People of the Masks,"the Gears takes us to the northeastern region of North America, to the homeland of the Iroquois, in what is now known as New York and Ontario. Their skillful weaving of anthropological fact and human drama brings to life this ancient culture with a tale of greed and the lust for power that began nine winters earlier with the birth of a child who will change the fate of his people forever.